Arecent string of errors and apparent discrepancies in federal statistics has raised concerns that such metrics, long regarded as irreproachably nonpartisan and credible, may have fallen prey to manipulation in favor of the incumbent Democratic Party.
The three most glaring recent examples of such statistical misfires are:
the Bureau of Labor Statistics' reported overestimate of second quarter job growth by a sizable margin;
the Census Bureau's population overcounts of blue states and undercounts of red states — in a reapportionment year;
the apparent disappearance of 50,000 asylum applications from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).
Poster Comment:
the apparent disappearance of 50,000 asylum applications from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).